Sentence examples for any pretension from inspiring English sources

But he shrugged off any pretension about the title.

It caught on with everyone with any pretension to being cool or hip.

"I saw those," he said, "and gave up any pretension of doing any research for my character.

A black tuxedo jacket ($550) looked both imposing and casual, but one touch of its polyester and rayon blend left any pretension to authority by the wayside.

Without any pretension, in her calm way, she describes her situation as she is living it, confirming something I've always known but sometimes forget: experience is worth a thousand abstractions.

Any pretension is diminished by the way she is wolfing down her sushi; she's still able, after months of Hollywood pampering, to get a kick out of a free lunch.

"We don't have any pretensions whatsoever".

"I don't have any pretensions to grand historical scholarship.

Father and son are earthy characters without any pretensions.

Any pretensions of sports performance are just that.

But I don't have any pretensions to alter the moral views of people.